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Shorea spp. subgen. Eushorea subgen. Eushorea

Balau; bangkirai

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT) Yellow Balau
Deutsch Bangkirai
English Balau; bangkirai
Français Bangkirai
Italiano Bangkirai
Suomi Bangkirai
Norsk Bangkirai
Čeština Bangkirai
Español Bangkirai
Svenska Bangkirai
Polski Bangkirai
Український Bangkirai
Român Bangkirai
Русский Bangkirai
Български Bangkirai
EESTI Bangkirai
日本語 Bangkirai
Other names balau, selangan batu No. 1, - No. 2 (MY, DE), selangan batu tatuk, balau bukit, hitam, kumus hitam, laut, laut merah, sengkawang, damar laut (MY), balau bunga, bangkirai, semantok lungkik (ID), yakal (PH), teng (TH)

Further information

Intkey
COL
Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

Geographic Regions South-Eastern Asia
States and Territories Myanmar

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Malvales
Family Dipterocarpaceae
Genus Shorea
Species spp. subgen. Eushorea
Author citation subgen. Eushorea
Scientific name Shorea spp. subgen. Eushorea subgen. Eushorea

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Microscopic features

Containers zerstreutporig
Intkey https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/dipsh-ba.htm

Macroscopic features

Wood odor Kein ausgeprägter Geruch
Growth ring boundaries indistinct or not recognizable
Heartwood with color stripes
Strip in the heartwood Ohne Farbstreifen
Color heartwood braun bis gelb bis hell/braun bis grün

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC 2
Beetle D
Termites D
Lithophagous molluscs D
Remarks Unter Laborbedingungen nicht beständig gegen Termiten

Impregnability
(according to EN 350)

Impregnability of heartwood 4
Impregnability of the sapwood 1-2
Width of the sapwood s

Raw density oven-dried u =12%
(e.g. according to EN 350)

Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit 700.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value 930.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit 1150.00 kg/m3

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